110325 Alex Schuster wrote: > Philip Webb writes: >> In /var/log/ there is a file wtmp , which is 24 MB & owned by utmp >> . It is in binary format & is updated when I reboot. >> Can anyone explain what it's for & whether it cb safely deleted ? > It tracks logins, you can use the 'last' command to show its contents. > I'm pretty sure it's safe to delete it, > but you should create it as empty file afterwards > -- 'touch /var/log/wtmp' -- , > otherwise the system will not make use of it again. > If wou want to get the space, I suggest compressing the file, > it will be much much smaller then: > > bzip2 -v /var/log/wtmp > touch /var/log/wtmp > > Also see the man pages for wtmp and last.
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